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Figurative Prints For Sale
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Ancient Roman Scene - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Niccolò Vanni in the 18th Century. Signed on the plat...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Erotic Scene - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower part. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Untitled - Woodcut by Pierre Alechinsky - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an Woodcut print realized by Pierre Alechinsky in 1970. Hand signed on the right margin and numbered on the left corner es. 102/300 The artwork is depicted through stro...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Ex Libris Demeterné - Woodcut Print - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Demeterné is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 1950s. Original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Officer - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Officer is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,23/40. Good conditions. Mino Macca...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

The Absolute Real - Lithograph by Man Ray - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Absolute Real is a lithograph realized by Man Ray in 1964. Hand-singed in pencil by the Artist. Lithograph in Red Ink, 1964. Published by Schwarz, the lithograph is part of th...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Ex-Libris - Woodcut by Hervé Stalpaert - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris H. Stalpaert is an Artwork realized in 1939, by Hervé Stalpaert Woodcut B./W. print on ivory paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 21 x 15 cm. Good c...
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1930s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Parrot Gold, edition of 50, bird art, affordable art, yellow and black art
Located in Deddington, GB
Parrot gold is a beautiful 2 layer silk screen print by Gavin Dobson. Based on an original gouache painting, this luxurious piece of art is individually h...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Rubber Plant III, house plant print, affordable art, limited edition art
Located in Deddington, GB
'Rubber Plant III' is a multi layered reduction Lino Print in a varied edition of 10. Based on Kerry's love of her house plants, she wanted to depict the subtle pattern in the rubber...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper, Linocut

European Mid-Century 1959 Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
European fashion design from the 'Atelier Sogra', published in Vienna. 325mm by 220mm (sheet)
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Avaricious - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Avaricious - Purgatory, Plate- 20 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as iss...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Figures - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Artist's proof. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

The Human Comedy - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Pablo Picasso - The Human Comedy - Lithograph Signed and dated in the plate Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm This artwork is a lithograph in colors on wov...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original 1917 "You Buy A Liberty Bond, Lest I Perish!" vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original WW1 poster: YOU BUY A LIBERTY BOND, LEST I PERISH! Linen-backed, fine condition. Ready to frame. Statue of Liberty lithograph, W...
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1910s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Figures - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,6/16. Good conditions. Mino Maccar...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Ex-Libris - Woodcut by Desiré Acket - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century, by the Belgian Artist Desiré Acket Woodcut B./W. print on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard. Total dimensions: 21...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Image of Don Quixote - Etching by Wladyslaw Jahl - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Image of Don Quixote is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored China paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951. It belongs to a limited edition of 125 specimens. Good condi...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Men and Women - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men and Women is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,9/24....
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Figures - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,VI/XV. Good conditions. Mino Macca...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Portrait - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,8/19. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Exhibition of Eugenio Marana - Fascist Teachers National association - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition of Eugenio Marana - Fascist teachers National association is a vintage print of exhibition invitation realized in 1929. The exhibition was held in Palazzo delle Esposizio...
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1920s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Offset

The Dance - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition,3/24. Good conditions. Mino Macc...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Still Life with Figurine
Located in London, GB
Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 in Manhattan, New York City; † September 29, 1997 there) was an American teacher and painter of Pop Art. Next to Andy Warhol, he was probably the ...
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1970s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

The Reproaches of Virgil - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Reproaches of Virgil is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1983 postmarked (Raymond Pettibon prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon: Rare early Black Flag punk flyer: Black Flag Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Jun 11, 1983. Santa Monica, CA. Flyer / handbill for gig by Black Flag, Misfits, Vand...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

The Picturesque Harbor - Lithograph attr. to Nicholas Verrall-Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Picturesque Harbor is a lithograph attributed to Nicholas Verrall (1945) in the Late 20th Century. Hand-signed on the right corner. Numbered, Edition, 1/99, on the left margin. ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ex Libris Marie Sprenger - Woodcut - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Marie Sprenger is an Artwork realized in 1915. Woodcut B./W. print on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard. Total dimensions: 20 x 14 cm. Good conditions. The ...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

MASQUE DE JEUNE GARCON (Mask of a Young Boy)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching printed in black ink on wove paper bearing the Arches script watermark. Signed and dated in the plate lower left Matisse / 45 A fine impression of the definitive state, from the edition of 25 stamp numbered in the margin lower right, (there was one trial proof and six artist’s proofs printed at the same time in 1966), also bearing the artist’s monogram stamp in the margin lower right. Catalog: Duthuit-Matisse 268; Fribourg 344; Duthuit Illustrated Books 12. 13 15/16 x 10 15/16 inches Sheet Size: 20 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches In excellent condition, printed on a sheet with full margins. This etching was commissioned by Marguerite and Jacques Maret, founders of the bibliographic society Le Gerbier, Paris, in 1945 to be part of an album titled Alternance which was comprised of sixteen etchings by Jean-Emilé Laboureur, Edouard Goerg, Jean Cocteau, Marie Laurencin, André Lhote, Hermine David, H. de Waroquier, Jacques Villon, Valentine Hugo...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Duchess Owl Sings For The Duke Owl - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Duchess Owl Sings For The Duke Owl is an original lithographs on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville from Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux, 1852. Publi...
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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Ghosts of Lithography
Located in Columbia, MO
Ghosts of Lithography 2022 Lithograph on BFK 24 x 18.25
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le chapeau épinglé (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine), c. 1894
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Returning to a familiar subject, Renoir captures fellow painter Berthe Morisot's daughter and her cousin in a sweet moment. Morisot, one of the few woman Impressionists to figure as ...
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1890s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Picturesque Harbor - Lithograph attr. to Nicholas Verrall-Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Picturesque Harbor is a lithograph attributed to Nicholas Verrall (1945) in the Late 20th Century. Hand-signed on the right corner. Numbered, Edition, 5/99, on the left margin. ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Letter A - Photolithograph by Lucio Del Pezzo - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Lucio Del Pezzo (1933-2020) Letter A, 1971 Photolithograph, 30 x 24 cm From the series The Alphabet of Bolaffi. Edition 3,433 / 5000, signed in pencil by the artist. Printed on the ...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Guitar Player- Lithograph by Alfredo Romagnoli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Guitar Player is a Lithograph realized by Alfredo Romagnoli in 1970s. The artwork is in good condition on a white cardboard. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Alfredo Romagnoli (January 5, 1915 in Genzano di Roma - March 21, 2008 in Rome) was an Italian painter. He studied first at the School of Sacred Art...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lovers - Etching by Amerigo Bartoli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an etching and drypoint realized by Amerigo Bartoli in the Mid-20th Century. Edition II / XXXV 9x11 cm , 40x55 cm with frame. Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Genesis 31 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 31 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm The artwork ...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Matthei 2 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Matthei 2 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout ...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

'Three Masted Ship, 2' – Artist's Personal Letterhead, Bauhaus Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Three Masted Ship, 2 (Dreimastiges Schiff, 2)', woodcut, 1937, one of a small but unknown number of letterhead proofs; Prasse W296. Feininger estate stamp and inventory no. 'W 865' in pencil, bottom left sheet corner. Annotated 'W 296' and 'on block : 3702a' in pencil, bottom right sheet corner. A fine impression, on cream, laid, letterhead stock; hinge remains on the left and right top sheet edges, verso, in excellent condition. Very scarce. Image size 2 1/4 x 2 11/16 inches; sheet size 10 x 6 3/4 inches. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Exhibited: 'Lyonel Feininer, Woodcuts Used As Letterheads'; Associated American Artists; Feb 4 - March 2, 1974; New York, NY. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) was born in New York City into a musical family—his father was a violinist and composer, his mother was a singer and pianist. He studied violin with his father, and by the age of 12, he was performing in public, but he also drew incessantly, most notably the steamboats and sailing ships on the Hudson and East Rivers, and the landscape around Sharon, Conn., where he spent time on a farm owned by a family friend. At the age of 16 he left New York to study music and art in Germany, from where his parents emigrated. Drawn more to the visual arts, he attended schools in Hamburg, Berlin, and Paris from 1887 to 1892. After completing his studies, Feininger began his artistic career as a cartoonist and illustrator, his originality leading him to great success. In 1906, after working for a dozen years in Germany, he was offered a job as a cartoonist at the Chicago Tribune, the largest circulation newspaper in the Midwest. He worked there for a year, inventing what became the standard design for the comic strip: in the words of John Carlin, “an overall pattern. . . that allowed the page to be read both as a series of elements one after the other, like language and as a group of juxtaposed images, like visual art.” His originality did not end there: he went on to become one of the great abstract painters. Like Kandinsky, music was his model, but Kandinsky only knew music from the outside—as a listener (inspired initially by Wagner, then by Schoenberg)—while Feininger knew it from the inside. He lived in Paris from 1906 to 1908, during which time he met and was influenced by the work of progressive painters Robert Delaunay and Jules Pascin, as well as that of Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. He began painting full-time, developing his distinctive Iyrical style based on Cubist and Expressionist idioms and a concern for the emotive qualities of light and color. He exhibited with the Der Blaue Reiter group in 1913, and in 1917, he had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin. One year after his solo exhibition, in 1918, Feininger began making woodcuts. He became enamored with the medium, producing an impressive 117 in his first year of exploring the printmaking medium. In 1919 at the invitation of the architect Walter Gropius, he was appointed the first master at the newly formed Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. His woodcut of a cathedral crowned...
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1930s Bauhaus Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Genesis 18 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 18 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm The artwork ...
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Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Faust, Méphistophélès et le Barbet / Faust, Méphistophélès and the Water Spaniel
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph on Chine appliqué, 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (235 x 206 mm), full margins. First state (of 4). Extremely minor uniform age tone, otherwise in good condition. A superb, richly-inked impression. [Delteil 61.1] ______ At an early age Delacroix became a lover of music and literature and had been drawing from the time he entered school.  He expected painting would be a hobby, but on the death of his father he found he had to make his own way in life.  In 1817 he entered the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin; amongst his fellow pupils was Gericault.  His first exhibited work was Dante and Virgil...
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Early 19th Century Barbizon School Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Lithograph

LITTLE BRITTO
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 36 x 36 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size approx 42 x 42 inches. From the edition...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

The Cat - Lithograph by Giselle Halff - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by Giselle Halff in 1950 ca. Hand-signed by pencil on the lower right. Numbered. Edition, 19/20. Good conditions, slight fo...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Water Snakes II" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
Water Snakes II, no. 9 from the fourth installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts The last painting Klimt exhibited with the Secession before resigning, Water ...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Ubu aux Baléares (Ubu of The Balearic Islands), 1971
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Expressing the playful and vibrant quality of Miró's work, this piece uses minimal detail and shape in a delicate balance of color and line. Using a lyrical quality of shape, the vie...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nude - Lithograph by Sergio Barletta - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a lithograph a on paper realized in 1980 by Sergio Barletta. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. from the edition of 100 prints. Numbered in pencil on the lower left...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belon...
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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Nude with Parrots
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Parrots - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 Embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35) Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press. Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Figures - Lithograph - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a lithograph print on paper, realized after Jean Paul Sauget for Maurice Magre's Les Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Birds Pompeian Fresco - Etching by Secondo De Angelis - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Secondo De Angelis in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etchin...
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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belo...
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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Great White Heron - Original Woodcut Print - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Great White Heron is a modern artwork realized in 1870. Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London, Bell & Sons, 1870. Name of the bird printed ...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

La Penitenciaria
By David Siqueiros
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this early woodcut. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 145/300 in pencil by Siqueiros.
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Ant...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Still Life Fresco - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life Fresco "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs t...
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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Fuga si, Fuga no - Lithograph by Antonio Scordia and Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Fuga si, fuga no is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Scordia and Mino Maccari. Black and white lithograph realized by Antonio Scordia and a text by Mino Maccari. Good condition...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Little Locomotive' – Artist's Personal Letterhead, Bauhaus Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Little Locomotive (Kleine Lokomotive)', woodcut, 1936, one of a small but unknown number of letterhead proofs; Prasse W158. Annotated 'W 158' (Feininger catalogue number) and '1936' in pencil, in the bottom right sheet corner. A fine impression, on cream, laid letterhead stock; hinge remains on the left and right top sheet edges, verso, in excellent condition. Very scarce. Image size 2 1/4 x 3 5/16 inches; sheet size 10 x 7 inches. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Exhibited: 'Lyonel Feininer, Woodcuts Used As Letterheads'; Associated American Artists; Feb 4 - March 2, 1974; New York, NY. Collections: Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (East Berlin KK). ABOUT THE ARTIST Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) was born in New York City into a musical family—his father was a violinist and composer, his mother was a singer and pianist. He studied violin with his father, and by the age of 12, he was performing in public, but he also drew incessantly, most notably the steamboats and sailing ships on the Hudson and East Rivers, and the landscape around Sharon, Conn., where he spent time on a farm owned by a family friend. At the age of 16 he left New York to study music and art in Germany, from where his parents emigrated. Drawn more to the visual arts, he attended schools in Hamburg, Berlin, and Paris from 1887 to 1892. After completing his studies, Feininger began his artistic career as a cartoonist and illustrator, his originality leading him to great success. In 1906, after working for a dozen years in Germany, he was offered a job as a cartoonist at the Chicago Tribune, the largest circulation newspaper in the Midwest. He worked there for a year, inventing what became the standard design for the comic strip: in the words of John Carlin, “an overall pattern. . . that allowed the page to be read both as a series of elements one after the other, like language and as a group of juxtaposed images, like visual art.” His originality did not end there: he went on to become one of the great abstract painters. Like Kandinsky, music was his model, but Kandinsky only knew music from the outside—as a listener (inspired initially by Wagner, then by Schoenberg)—while Feininger knew it from the inside. He lived in Paris from 1906 to 1908, during which time he met and was influenced by the work of progressive painters Robert Delaunay and Jules Pascin, as well as that of Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. He began painting full-time, developing his distinctive Iyrical style based on Cubist and Expressionist idioms and a concern for the emotive qualities of light and color. He exhibited with the Der Blaue Reiter group in 1913, and in 1917, he had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin. One year after his solo exhibition, in 1918, Feininger began making woodcuts. He became enamored with the medium, producing an impressive 117 in his first year of exploring the printmaking medium. In 1919 at the invitation of the architect Walter Gropius, he was appointed the first master at the newly formed Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. His woodcut of a cathedral crowned...
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1930s Bauhaus Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Navona Square - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Navona Square is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Malandrino. Print in etching technique. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered edition of 99 copi...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Navona Square - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Navona Square is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Malandrino. Print in etching technique. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered edition of 99 copi...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Decorating with Figurative Art Prints and Works on Paper

Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.

Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.

Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.

Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.

Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.

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